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Teacher salaries in Europe: Which countries offer the best pay?

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Teacher salaries vary widely across Europe, and large gaps remain even after adjusting for living costs. Experts call for better pay to attract and retain more teachers.

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According to OECD data, Slovenian teacher salaries are at the bottom of the scale of 28 countries.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Romania is among the European countries with the lowest salaries for teachers in primary education, with an average annual gross income of 20,805 euros (approximately 111,128 lei, at the current euro rate). The opposite pole is Denmark, where the average reaches 74,086 euros (approximately 395,723 lei). In Cluj County, more than 8,400 [...] Read Teachers in Romania, at the tail of the European wage class. Where they earn more than three times mo…

Italian secondary school teachers receive an average of 33% lower wages than those of other tertiary education workers considered in the international comparison. This is what emerges from the OECD report Education at a Glance 2026, published on 29 September, which draws attention to the economic competitiveness of the teaching profession. [...]

Romania is one of the European countries in which teachers have some of the lowest annual incomes, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). With an average annual salary of 20,805 euros, teachers in Romania are in the fourth place since...

Teachers in Romania are among the lowest paid in Europe, with an average annual salary of 20,805 euros gross in primary education. The sum is more than three times lower than that earned by a teacher in Denmark and places Romania 25 out of 28 in the salary ranking of teachers in primary education, ... The post How much Romanian teachers earn compared to those in Europe. Almost in line, but things change when we consider the cost of life appeared…

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BizToc broke the news on Saturday, October 10, 2026.
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